Category Archives: Technology

A Walk along the Semmering Railway

Posted on 2019-07-19 by

At first glance, the landscape in the Vienna Alps looks idyllic. But the expert’s eye realizes immediately that something is missing here: a railroad! Because how are the people supposed to enjoy the picturesque landscape if they can’t get there … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria, History, Photography, Technology, Travel, Video Blog | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

My secular Shabbat

Posted on 2019-06-25 by

Readers of this blog will have noticed that I am a radical Atheist. But there is one religious idea that I have incorporated in my life, although in a secular version. It’s the idea of the shabbat, the 7th day … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Philosophy, Religion, Technology | Tagged , , , , | 40 Comments

When Train Travel means Time Travel: on the Mennonite Express from Winnipeg to Toronto

Posted on 2019-06-18 by

This is the third part of the crossing-Canada-by-train trilogy, hence my recommendation to read part 1 and part 2 first. Otherwise, the whole story will go haywire and derail like a freight train, setting an innocent town ablaze. And you don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Religion, Technology, Travel | Tagged , , , | 32 Comments

Car Cemeteries

Posted on 2019-01-05 by

Given how dearly many people love their cars, I am surprised they deposit them so carelessly instead of granting them a proper burial, maybe in the family mausoleum. That one person in Calgary put their old car in a hospice-like … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Death, Photography, Technology | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Count the railcars, if you can!

Posted on 2018-12-28 by

Freight trains in Canada are really long. And the drivers are always nice enough to sound the horn when I wave at them. It was the first time that I saw a train with engines in the front, the middle and … Continue reading →

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GDPR – Privacy Policy

Posted on 2018-05-27 by

Finally, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has come into effect, and there is panic all over the continent, as if there hadn’t been any data protection laws in force until now. And it seems like everyone slept through the … Continue reading →

Posted in Law, Technology | Tagged | 6 Comments

New Facebook Notifications

Posted on 2017-11-01 by

Instead of ordering all notifications by time, Facebook introduced a new algorithm that (once again) thinks it knows what we are interested in. See my response below.

Posted in Facebook, Technology | Tagged | 1 Comment